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Fractures
1 hospitalization · 2016065920 · 6/30/2016 · Gold Metal Recyclers
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- Nature of injury
- Fractures
Cause
- Event
- Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- Source
- Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- Gold Metal Recyclers
- Location
- 2401 Vinson Street, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75212
- NAICS
- 423930
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was changing out the retainer on a shear machine when he was struck in the chest by the retainer ring, breaking his sternum.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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